mistake to try to solve other issues through lebanon or to use lebanon to solve other problems, to get syria on the american side or to solve the palestinian problem. that attempt to make the political plo. it was a mistake. the lebanese problem was so complicated. i believe that as a result of the war -- not a goal of the war -- a result of the war. the situation could have been entirely different now. i used to speak about the 3 -- jerusalem, cairo, beirut as integral parts of the world. it could have been different. in the present time, when we see that the western democracies left that community, those who interfered should feel responsibility now. save this a small christian community. we have done our part since 1975. >> we are running out of time. we have not even started talking about what we could talk about. are the americans getting leery of the way that israel is handling the intifada? have you found people in this country that are mad at you? >> not all the people understand that it's a war. it's a war in which different methods are used. in the last days, an israeli soldier was